Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the
minor counties
The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes unde ...
in the English domestic
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
structure, representing the
historic county of
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
. The club does not currently compete in either the
Minor Counties Championship or
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ...
, but does play informal matches, typically against
armed forces teams and county academies.
Earliest cricket
Cricket probably reached Huntingdonshire in the 17th century. The earliest reference to the game in the general region is in neighbouring
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the ...
at the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
in 1710. In 1741,
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life ...
became patron and captain of a
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
county team which, as part of a united
Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire team, twice defeated
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...
in
important matches.
[Maun, p. 67.]
Origin of the club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club was first formed in 1831 and existed until 1895. Initially, until the early 1850s, matches were played against
club sides but from the start of the 1850s the club found regular
County opponents.
Up until 1874 Huntingdonshire played home matches at Millers Holme,
Godmanchester
Godmanchester ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is separated from Huntingdon, to the north, by the valley of the River Great Ouse. Being on the Roman road network, the town has a lo ...
. From 1874 the club played at the Huntingdon Cricket Club Ground and continues to do so to this day. In 1895 the club was disbanded. In the 1920s the club was briefly reformed before folding once again. The current county club was formed in 1948.
From 1999 to 2003, the county entered teams into the
English domestic one-day competition, matches which had
List A status. The county played seven List A matches during this period, with the final List A match it played coming against
Cheshire.
During this period, the club used
The Parks, Godmanchester as its home ground.
Players
:''See
List of Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club List A players and
:Huntingdonshire cricketers''
Grounds
''Below is a complete list of grounds used by Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club when it was permitted to play List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. These grounds have also held List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.''
Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
Huntingdonshire Cricket
National Counties cricket
Cricket clubs established in 1831
Cricket clubs established in 1948
Cricket in Huntingdonshire
Cricket in Cambridgeshire
1831 establishments in England
1948 establishments in England
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